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Youth City Fora Solo: Cultivating Youth Voices for The City

Surakarta (Solo), 2 August 2025 – Kota Kita is hosting Youth City Fora in Solo: Cultivating Youth Voices for The City, aimed at amplifying the voices and ideas of young people in achieving inclusive urban governance through digital approaches. The forum aimed to be a shared space for disseminating the findings of YUP research conducted…

Report: Young people’s participation in urban governance: An analysis of findings from four cities in Indonesia and Lebanon

This report presents findings from the first phase of the Co-producing Digital Platforms for Youth Inclusive Urban Governance (YUP) Project, which has explored how young people (aged 10-24) in Surakarta (Solo) and Denpasar in Indonesia, and Bar Elias and El Mina in Lebanon take action in their cities, and the barriers and supportive factors they…

Co-learning, knowledge exchange and co-production

The YUP project is now in an exciting new phase of co-learning, knowledge exchange and the co-production of digital tools. In the coming months this will involve the undertaking of one city-wide forum in each of the case study cities with the participation of young people and city stakeholders (including municipal government actors or those…

Survey story #3: Unpacking digital media role in young people (dis)engagement in the city

Young people today are born as so-called digital and technology natives. Digital media not only serves as a source of entertainment in their daily lives, but also acts as a medium for youth participation in city activities, reflecting modern forms of civic engagement. However, despite the advantages of digital media, can it also contribute to…

YUP survey story #2: How do young people participate in the city?

How do young people take action on what matters to them? What factors encourage them? What challenges do they face? Continuing the survey story series, this section explores how young people in four cities take action on issues they care about in their communities.

Survey story #1: Exploring young people’s diverse social identities in Indonesia and Lebanon

How was the YUP survey taken and who was involved? In this post, we will present a snapshot of our respondents’ backgrounds before delving further into how they participate in the cities.

Engaging Youth in research about their cities: Field work in Bar Elias and El Mina

By Ramona Abdallah & Sara Maassarani During April and May 2024 we initiated our field research activities in Lebanon, conducting 3 focus group discussions (FGDs) in El Mina and Bar Elias. In each city 2 of these FGDs were undertaken with 18-24 year olds and 1 with 14-16 year olds. Outreach was possible through our…

Exploring Youth Perspectives: FGD Sessions in Solo and Denpasar

By Hasanatun Nisa Thamrin In June Kota Kita conducted the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with participants under 18 years old, both in Solo and Denpasar. In Solo, we involved 12 junior high school students aged 13-15, and in Denpasar, the participants ranged from 14-18 years old. Unlike the FGD with young adults aged 18-24, the…

Engaging Youth in Urban Governance: Kick-off Events in Solo and Denpasar

We are excited to kickstart the activities of the Co-producing Youth Inclusive Digital Urban Governance (YUP) project in Indonesia through a series of kick-off events in the vibrant cities of Surakarta (Solo) and Denpasar in May and July 2024 respectively. With a focus on understanding young people’s roles in urban governance through digital platforms, the…

Upcoming events

Denpasar: Fostering Collaboration for Sustainable Urban Development By Asri Septarizky We held the kick-off event in Denpasar in partnership with BaleBengong, a local citizen journalism platform. Held on a pleasant afternoon on June 21, 2024, at the Denpasar Youth Park, the event provided an intimate and engaging setting for discussions, with speakers seated on bean…